Tony Kushner

Date of Birth

1956-07-16

Place of Birth

Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Known for

Theater of War, Outrage

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Movie Trailers

West Side Story trailer: Steven Spielberg returns to the big screen with his first movie musical

Posted 5 years ago

The first official trailer for Steven Spielberg’s adaptation of West Side Story has been released by Disney and 20th Century Studios and it hopes to introduce the iconic Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim musical to a whole new generation. Ansel...

Steven Spielberg: West Side Story trailer promises reimagining of a classic

Posted 5 years ago

It's apropos that Disney chose the Oscars to drop the teaser for Steven Spielberg's long awaited adaptation of the iconic Broadway musical West Side Story, as before COVID hit it was considered the front-runner for this year's Oscars. Of course,...

Seth Rogen to play Steven Spielberg’s uncle in new film

Posted 5 years ago

Steven Spielberg's next feature film is a project that is loosely based on the director's childhood growing up in Arizona and his latest casting choice makes it look like Spielberg had some seriously funny people in his corner. According to...

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Steven Spielberg and George Lucas foresee an “implosion” and radical shift in the film industry

Posted 13 years ago

When Steven Spielberg and George Lucas talk, Hollywood listens. The two friends also represent some very different things: Spielberg is the ultimate studio director who has been able to get practically any film made while Lucas has become one of...

Cool Videos: Watch President Obama play Daniel Day-Lewis for Steven Spielberg

Posted 13 years ago

The annual White House Correspondents Dinner was on Saturday night and it was chock full of actors, athletes, celebrities and oh yeah, politicians. In recent years the event has been criticized for being too much about the famous faces (Lindsay...

A new 20 minute featurette on Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln, plus changes to the film for international release

Posted 14 years ago

Despite garnering 12 Academy Award nominations and grossing over $150 million in the US, LINCOLN is far from a sure bet for Best Picture at the Oscars. In fact, despite critical acclaim, the movie may not have as much success...

Lincoln leads the nominations for the 85th Academy Awards; directors Affleck, Tarantino, and Bigelow snubbed

Posted 14 years ago

The nominations for the 85th Academy Awards were announced today, with a few notable snubs. We expected movies like LINCOLN, LES MISERABLES, ARGO, and ZERO DARK THIRTY to take a lot of nominations, but to leave out the directors for...

Steven Spielberg shares Daniel Day-Lewis’ Lincoln rejection letter

Posted 14 years ago

It took a few tries before Steven Spielberg got Daniel Day-Lewis for LINCOLN. The first time he was asked– he passed. The second time they wrote an entirely new script, which was sent to the actor– he passed. The third...

Review: Lincoln

Posted 14 years ago

PLOT: Near the start of his second term in office- and in the forth bloody year of the Civil War, president Abraham Lincoln (Daniel Day-Lewis) fights to abolish slavery by putting forth an amendment in the House of Representatives- which...

New international trailer for Spielberg’s Lincoln with Daniel Day Lewis will likely sell you a ticket

Posted 14 years ago

A new international trailer for Steven Spielberg’s LINCOLN has arrived and it’s the most compelling and engaging of all the trailers released thus far. If you were feeling underwhelmed by what you’d seen thus far, then this trailer is probably...

Daniel Day-Lewis explains the inspiration for his Lincoln voice

Posted 14 years ago

The LINCOLN trailer has been a topic of debate amongst movie fans primarily for the choices that Daniel Day-Lewis took with the voice for the 16th President. At a recent Q&A in New York, Day-Lewis was directly asked about the...

Tune in for a live streaming Q&A with Steven Spielberg and Daniel Day-Lewis on Lincoln

Posted 14 years ago

Steven Spielberg is certainly embracing modern technology for his historical drama LINCOLN. A few weeks ago it was a Google+ hangout to unveil the full trailer and now it is a Yahoo live stream featuring Spielberg and star Daniel Day-Lewis...

Extended TV Spot for Spielberg’s Lincoln with Daniel Day Lewis reinvigorates its appeal

Posted 14 years ago

The first bout of the 2012 Presidential debates began last night with nominees Mitt Romney and Barrack Obama squaring off for the first time. I”ll save my personal reflections on the matter, but Dreamworks chose the venue as the perfect...

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